Edwin Leap

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Edwin Leap is an emergency physician and writer. His monthly column in Emergency Medicine News, Second Opinion, has won awards from the American Society of Healthcare Publications Editors for the past four years. He also writes twice each month for the Greenville News. He blogs at www.edwinleap.com/blog. Dr. Leap lives in South Carolina with his wife and four children.


Culture Clash

High Gas Prices = Low Regard for Rural Culture

High Gas Prices = Low Regard for Rural Culture

In our native Appalachia, my wife’s family and my own were fruitful and multiplied; in

Healthcare

Aggressive Care for the Elderly: Too Much, Too Late

Aggressive Care for the Elderly: Too Much, Too Late

Lying on the backboard, a frail little old lady moaned with discomfort. She had fallen